Barrel-hoop.



PATENTED SEPT. 26, 1905.

J. W. JAYCOX.

BARREL HOOP APPLICATION FILED DEC.1Z. 1904.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

BARREL-HOOP- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 26, 1905.

Application filed December 12, 1904. Serial No. 236,570.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. J AYCOX, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elkhorn, in the county of Ellsworth and State of Kansas,have invented new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Hoops, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to barrel-hoops; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter shownand described.

The object of the invention is to provide a metallic hoop which may beeasily and readily adjusted and applied to barrels, or the same hoop mayalso be applied to casks. boxes, and other receptacles.

The hoop consists of a wire strand having fixed at one end a perforatedplate and being attached at its other end to the intermediate portion ofa pivoted bail, said bail in turn being pivoted between earsprojectingfrom a plate which is adapted to be attached to one of thebarrel-staves. In applying the hoop the plate having the ears is securedto the barrel and the wire strand is carried around the barrel and theperforated plate is attached to the ear-plate in such manner as to leavethe wire slack. The bail is then turned upon its pivot in such manner asto take up the slack in the wire and to carry the wire beyond thepivotal point of the bail, so that the strain will come upon the freeend of the bail, or nearer the barrel than the pivotal points of thebail, whereby the said bail will be held in such position.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the upperportion of the barrel, showing the hoops applied thereto. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional view of a portion of the barrel and the bail; andFig. 3 is a perspective view of the ends of the wire strand, the plates,and the bail.

The hoop consists of the wire strand 1, to one end of which is attacheda perforated plate 2. The other end of said wire strand 1 is attached tothe intermediate portion 3 of the bail 4. The ends of the said bail 4are pivoted in the ears 5 5, carried by the plate 6. The said plate 6 isprovided with suitable perforations 7, through which nails may beinserted for securing the said plate to the barrel or receptacle. Thebail 4 is slightly curved along its longitudinal axis, as indicatedabove in the solid and dotted lines of Fig. 2 of the drawings. The bail4 is preferably made of barrel, and the wire strand 1 is carried aroundthe barrel, and a nail 8 (see Fig. 2) is inserted through one of theperforations 9 of the plate 2, which fits between the ears 5 5 and alsothrough the corresponding perforation 10 in the plate 6. The plate 2 isso adjusted as to leave the wire strand 1 slack. The bail 4 is thenswung around upon its pivotal points, which takes up the slack in thewire strand 1, and the free end of said bail is carried in close to theside of the barrel or receptacle in a manner as illustrated in Fig. 2.In doing so the wire strand 1 passes between the pivoted ends of thebail 4 and fits closely around the barrel. The strain thus exerted bythe wire strand 1 is such as to keep the bail in the closed positionabove described, as the said bail is slightly curved along itslongitudinal axis and the pivoted end of the bail is set out and awayfrom the barrel. To remove the hoop, an implement is inserted under theother end of the bail 4, and it is swung out and around upon its pivotalpoints when the wire strand 1 becomes slack and may be easily andreadily removed.

It will be observed that when the bail. 4 is swung with relation to theplate 6 to draw the strand 1 tight the free end of the said bail, towhich the end of the said strand is attached, passes beyond the plate 6.The advantage of this construction is that the intermediate portion 3 ofthe said bail 4 may be made relatively long or of substantially the samelength as the width of the plate 6. Thus the ends of the bail are notinclined toward a point at the intermediate portion 3, and when the bailis swung the strand 1 will not be liable to slip from the saidportion 3along the sides of the bail, as would be the case if the sides of thebail were inclined toward a point at the intermediate portion 3.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. A hoop consisting of a strand, a perforated plate attached to one endthereof, a second plate having outwardly-extending ears, said firstperforated plate adapted to slip between the ears of the second saidplate, and a means for securing the two said plates together, a bailpivoted between the ears of the l to the plate having ears that when itis swung IO second said plate, and having the other end l to draw thestrand taut, the free end of the of the strand attached to the free endthereof. bail passes beyond the said plate.

2. A hoop consisting of a strand, having at In testimony whereof I alliXmy signature in 5 one end thereofa means for securing the same, presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

a plate having 0utwardly-extending ears, a JOHN \V. JAYCOX. bail pivotedbetween said ears and having the Witnesses: other end of the strandattached to its free J. M. \VILsoN,

end, said bail being so mounted with relation G. (J. GEBIIARDT.

